I've come across too many idiots in cars that just don't care. I almost got my foot run over because a guy did not indicate at all at a junction and he didn't even slow down as he turned. (I was half way across and had to jump back or else he would have just hit me)
So when I deal with jerks like him it's nice to get drivers who care to pay attention to pedestrians. It doesn't hurt to recognise a bit of decency with a hand wave.

I'll normally give a little thanks-for-not-killing-me wave or nod to the drivers who notice my approach and slow down, allowing me to use the marked pedestrian crossings in the local retail park. The others get the evil-eye

Yes I do. I am a compulsive thanker. I thank people who stop to let me cross, even on zebra crossings. I thank people who let me in when driving. I thank people who let me pass on narrow lanes and I thank the people I let pass me on narrow lines.

I once had a Spanish friend to stay and we drove about the country with me showing her sights. She was initally bemused by the raised hand thanking acknowledgement but then got really excited by it and joined in the hand raising. Throughout her stay she seemed to get a amused thrill everytime there was a reason to acknowledge another driver.

It doesn't cost anything and it makes the world a slightly better place. Usually, if you give someone a smile and a wave, you get one back and it feels good. If they don't return the gesture, you then get the pleasure of making a sarcastic dig under your breath such as 'Yeah, and thank you too, you p***k!', which can be cathartic in itself. So, it's all good!

Yes, I like to thank drivers for not running me over. I usually give a little wave, or a nod of the head and I generally feel apologetic for being in their way. Mind you, I'm also the sort of person that if someone trod on my foot, I'd say sorry for having it there to stand on. 🙊

It doesn't cost anything and it makes the world a slightly better place. Usually, if you give someone a smile and a wave, you get one back and it feels good. If they don't return the gesture, you then get the pleasure of making a sarcastic dig under your breath such as 'Yeah, and thank you too, you p***k!', which can be cathartic in itself. So, it's all good!

This, in a nutshell, lol. I always acknowledge people stopping at zebra crossings to let me pass, even though they're supposed to.

Near where I work there's a junction I have to cross, and there's a no right turn. The number of times it's been (I've assumed) safe to cross and then some idiot will nearly take me out as they ignore the road markings and turn into the road. The thing that bemuses me is that they give me such a look as if I'm in the wrong, as I'm muttering 'It's no right turn, you moron' under my breath.

Yes I do. I am a compulsive thanker. I thank people who stop to let me cross, even on zebra crossings. I thank people who let me in when driving. I thank people who let me pass on narrow lanes and I thank the people I let pass me on narrow lines.

I once had a Spanish friend to stay and we drove about the country with me showing her sights. She was initally bemused by the raised hand thanking acknowledgement but then got really excited by it and joined in the hand raising. Throughout her stay she seemed to get a amused thrill everytime there was a reason to acknowledge another driver.

I always thank drivers who stop - even those at red light crossings - especially after a guy in a Range Rover couldn't be arsed to stop at the red light, forcing me to jump out the way. Fortunately the cops who'd stopped at the light going the other way saw it all - and promptly chased him and booked him for careless driving. Apparently the Range Rover driver already had 9 points on his licence, so, according to the local newspaper, he got a 6 month ban despite pleading hardship. He also tried to say that the car behind him was very close and he didn't want to cause an accident. The sheriff apparently said "so you thought it better to mow down a pedestrian instead then".

Always, even on pedestrian crossings. By the same token, if I'm at a junction waiting to cross, and a car turns into the road without indicating, and beeps at me as I'm about to cross, I yell 'Indicator!!' Not that it makes any difference I suppose.

Yes I do. I am a compulsive thanker. I thank people who stop to let me cross, even on zebra crossings. I thank people who let me in when driving. I thank people who let me pass on narrow lanes and I thank the people I let pass me on narrow lines.

I once had a Spanish friend to stay and we drove about the country with me showing her sights. She was initally bemused by the raised hand thanking acknowledgement but then got really excited by it and joined in the hand raising. Throughout her stay she seemed to get a amused thrill everytime there was a reason to acknowledge another driver.

It doesn't cost anything and it makes the world a slightly better place. Usually, if you give someone a smile and a wave, you get one back and it feels good. If they don't return the gesture, you then get the pleasure of making a sarcastic dig under your breath such as 'Yeah, and thank you too, you p***k!', which can be cathartic in itself. So, it's all good!